There is this car named 'vista' that you can rent at the airport. They put the
gas cap just inside the left rear door. That way you will think the car has
some great new feature and you will buy one when you get back home. Another
great feature is the volume control on the radio is behind the spare tire which
is on top of the front bumper on the right side. I love that car. You see, I
really things to change. I was one of the first to jump from Widows 98 to
Windows ME - remember that one? I got to use it before they did any quality
control and realized that it had no working parts and quickly diverted some of
the marketing budget to turn out Windows 2000 which actually worked.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Wirchenko
To: ProFox Email List
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [NF] for all of you who hated/loved Office 2007 2010 isout in
preview mode
At 12:09 2009-07-15, Stephen Russell <srussell...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Gene Wirchenko<ge...@ocis.net> wrote:
> > At 06:45 2009-07-15, Stephen Russell <srussell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >>It is amazing how the old farts of the world had the real hard time
> >>with this change but the rest of the world just got over it quickly
> >>and found it better and easier to ORGANIZE when working.
> >
> > Think about the dynamics, and you might not find it so
> > amazing. We old farts tend to use our systems more heavily. We have
> > more invested in the way that was and are not too keen to throw it
> > away for supposed gains that might not exist. Changes do not affect
> > everyone equally. Some things that make things easier for some make
> > it tougher for others. One reason for that is that others tend to be
> > the smaller group. We old farts tend to be others.
>-------------------------------
>
>I would gather that you have a real hard time if you rent a car.
Why would you think something that silly?
>Learning where the lights are located and how to work the sound system
>must be very taxing for you.
I do rent cars. Yes, there is an adaptation period. I used to
get caught short at gas stations, because I would forget to check
which side the gascap was on. I would not mind that being
standardised to one side.
Fortunately, it is not much of a problem, because many of these
items are in the same place. It is not as if I have to look very
hard for the steering wheel. OTOH, if the steering control could be
just about anywhere and maybe not be a wheel but, for example, two
sticks (one to control each side), I would protest.
[snip]
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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